Uluberia

About Uluberia

Uluberia is a city and a municipality of Howrah district in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarter of the Uluberia subdivision. It is a part of the area covered by Kolkata Metropolitan Development Authority (KMDA).

In 1687, Uluberia, which was a scanty hamlet of a group of houses, served as a refuge for the retreating British Army after they were defeated by Shaista Khan near Hooghly. In Gadiara, the confluence of Hooghly, Damodar and Rupnarayan, Robert Clive commissioned the construction of Fort Mornington in Gadiara. Around late 1760s, it was completely built. It served as an important post of British dominance and prevention of piracy up in the Ganges. In 1873 the present Uluberia subdivision was constituted in the name of “Mahishrekha” which was subsequently renamed as Uluberia in 1882. Two years before the administration of subdivision was consolidated (1871), the British launched a massive Orisha Canal Scheme to provide irrigation facilities. A few years later, to save water utility costs, the canal passing through Uluberia and other areas of South Bengal was detached from the main canal and named Midnapore Canal. William Carey (missionary), the...

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